The Sun. — London, England, 1838-05-11 00:00:00

PR I.CEs OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS, ASSLTRANC.E•COMPANIES,&c. &c. &c, LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 8. ZTr,mbcr Di v idend CANALS. Price of per per shares. Annum. Paid. Share 1,766 7 pet cents Aso.tott and Oidharn....Average 971. Ws, sh. 13.5 1,012 41. A.hhy.::e-le-ZO!leh Average IleA.sh. 65 1,200 Intastry-stoke lOOl. th. 5 1,005 a, Brecknock and i.',erg4venny 1511% sh. 100 8,000 I -16sta. 9. 6s. Birmingham t- 16th share ..„ .... .811. & 711. 220 4 ow ..„,.„,.. Ditto and 1; 'septa)! Juncr...l3o/. sh. 100 pd 2 , 41 - 600 r!.. Bridgewater and Taunton -.1001. sh. all pd 64 400 4/ Chelmer and Black water . lool.oh. 102 5:10 481. Caventry .. 100/, sh. 745 4,545 . ..... ... C:crytion .. average 311.23.10 d. sh. 1 2,064`: 4:. Or. Dudley IY-0 !4a. D er by 'OOl. sh. lal 29.000 4 per cent. Danube and Mayne 4l/.135. 4d ,pd 33', '3,5751 N. Ellesmere and Chester... t -erage 1331. sh. 77 231 4ti.'. Erewoßh 1061. sh. 700 .1,297 2% Forth and Clyde Average 44)1.168. th. 580 ;1,600 12/. Grand .lur-tio- Itki. sh. 2061 2. 849 / 1 1 . Grand Union 190!.5h 25 1,500 ..... «.. Grand Surrey ..... ....., IOCI. A 20 rO,OOOl. 41. percent. nitro Cor:Va.mal) Loan ICI/. 70 3 s Grano; Grano. Western 1001. sh, all p:. 810 1 , 41. lr!3. 2 d. (Inmorganshire, Average. cost 1721. 133.4 d. 230 749 10r. (41-rinl!, , r l sel. sh. 202 B i 4;"' 21 . f3B . 1-Intlderstlt 10 .... ...... Average 571. f,s. Ed. sh. 37 100 4 ' 328 li • .',. Kennet sral Avon, Average 391. 19i.100. sh. 2.5 , : 2,9971 2;J. Leeds ar.d Liverpool low. sh. 610 544 131. Leicester l4O/. .sh. 225 1, 490 .1)4. T/s. I.eicestcr anti Norttiampton...A ver..'.3l. Ins. 971 2.400 in?. Monmouthshire 100/ . sh. 200 159 101 . Melton Mowbray leol. sh. 200 .5;10 251. Mersey and Irwell 1001. sh. 565 :70 . 001 :. 1/. 404 Macclesfield 1001. sh. all pd. 52 `417 17'. death • lool.sh. 325 14400 Si. Peak Forest -. ...... ....Aver.ge about 78/. sh. 04 1,419 12.2. Regent's .:or Londaa) Aver. 331. I6s. ed. sh. 16 5 , 01 3 61, per cent. MAO:dale Average 85/. sh. 11 800 til. Shropshire /'.tsl. sh. 138 00 9/. 10s. Somerset Coal 150/. sh. 1511 Vinci. ti per cent. Ditto Lock Fund Stock l2l. 10s. sh. 111 700 401. Stafford and Worcester l4O/. sh. 710 500 91. Shrewsbor y 125/. sh. VO 3 ( 10 !V. Stourbridge .......... 1451. sh. 330 2,647 2i. Os. Stratford ,, n. Av:•ii ...Average 791. 9s. tat sh. 50 5. 9 .3 15/. Swansea 'OO/. sir. 1.f.0 3,782 11. 1 5s. Severn anti Wye and Railway ...Av. 351. eh. 35 2 , 4 14;/ en. :...24. V. rrevtt a.r..1 Mersey, 1 share 100/. sh. 580 6.140 ...... ... Thames tn-1 Ntedway...AV , T. 19i. 55. bd. sh. 2 11, ,0001. th. 'oooBh./ '' , , Warwick and Birmirghara 960 11.. Warwick and Napton lOOl. sh. 200 6,000 41 . O s , Worcest-q au:' Birrunigbarn...Av.7B/.Bs. sh 791 5,000 15*. Wilts an.. Berk.. .. Average 671. 10s. 8:1. sh. 22 54)0 31. Wyrley anti Essington ll5l. sh 75 Wisl•ese h ......... ........... . ........ lO5/. sh. -15 905 \Vey and Ara' 1101. sh. :411 DOCKS. ih. 1.6008 r 33p. c Commercial - 'OOl. sh. 56 1,06515 h 41); r,07!) , ri per et. East India Stock 11'7 9.2:39,3101). Us. p.ct. I.,rdon Stock 60i Ditto -, , ,,ts 149 1,T30,000). 4)). p. et. Wc3t. India `2.`...0.4 21. 19s. Eriltil ............ ......... Average 147/. 9s. sh. FO 1,3241. 5.?.p , zr reist. Ditto Notes, various amounts ll3 3,352,752 5 per ernt. St. Katha• - ioe 'took 100 500,000 4g per nerd. Ditto Bonds lOO vr.,3 0 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds ter 10 years looe it.3ilo „ .... Depttord riot 'Ol, sh. 40P. pd 11 BRIDGES. 1000 I's. Hammerer:l 11 5O/. eh. 7;2;31 Southwark, 01 , Av. t -3 3/. :Is Bd. sh. 1,700 I/. 153. Ditto, N?w, of 71 per ce rt 5Ol sh. 5,ii00 Waterloo ele(li eh. ._. 5,000 !05. Bcl. 5,000 16.4, 6 0 , 00 0/. 51. per cent. 5,948 17s Ditto, Old Annipties of 8/. 6Ol. pd 19 Ditto, New Ditto of 71 401. pd 171 Ditto Fton llB Vauxhall Artrage 701. Ins. 3d. sh. 21 AS , URANCE COMPAN:ES. 2,000 3110 s Albion 5001. sh. 501 pd .50 ~,, c 5 per c , mt• 1 Albance,British & Foreign 1001. sh. 1011. pd 13i s(l ' ''''' t and lis. 3 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 1001. sh. 51. pd 0$ 24,000 $1 per sh. Ati-s 50!. sh. 51. pd 144 1,200 }eh. Si. Rirminghain I ire '2501. ah. 551. pd 1074 20,000 41 Percent. British Fire 250/. sh. 50/. pd 40 12,000 61. per cent. British Commercial 504 sh. 51. pd 5; 5,000 5/. per cent. Clerical, Medi al,&c. Life, 1001 sh. 2110 s pd 4 4,000 21 10i County 1001. eh. 101. pd 42 20,003-__ ss. _ Eagle 5 oPr ciint. . ~ 209 I ar .- - - 30/ bs. 1 F.conomic . it. leoo/. sh. 2501. pd 375 il 2271 /2s. percent. Eurep•-an Li• - 2Ol. '; h. all pd 22 50,01)0 2s. Ditto, New ... 90/. sh. 2/. p 4 It 1.000,01 W. 71. per ct. Globe Stock 14'1 20,n00 51. Guardian lOO/. O. 271/ pd 35 40,000 fls. ed. Hope 50/. sh. 51. pd 5-1 2,400 5/. 73.11.1. Imperial Fir , . ',ON '.h. 501. ird 127 7.500 Its. Imperial Lile 100/. 310 101. pd 101 13,459 4/. per cent. Indemnity MAI int. ...... ......... 1 , 4 V. sh. 84. pd. 21 2,020 3/ 101 Kent Fire se/. sh. all pd 82 3i. Ditto Life. 73 10, 1 .03 I os. Law Life .. .... 100/. ;h. In/. pd 254 5 isrr lt , s. London, tit.: 251. sh. 12/. 103. pd 13 3,900 1 - .... Londe,, Shii, 251. sh. 12/. 10s. pd 10 i pro,olrl. ' . ..... ',%1 In,r va Life -100/. sh. :30,4'0 . - 1. ;,,.r ' , cot. Palladium Lit.' 5lll. en. 21. pd 2/ 8804 5.0,0.1) 4/. per cent. i rcto.tor Fire .20/.,h. 21. pd 17, Od 2,500 It. rrorii•lent 1.1::. 100,000 rig, Rock Life ' , Ol. sh. I/. pd f-t 8.14,2201 51. per r.ont. Royal Exch.aige 6,0410 5 per cent. University tate 30,006 4 1... r cent. United Kingdom Life 2l pil JOINT .I 1 1., , C ii. BANKS 25,000 8 percent. Agric 7i.id C. arm. of 'retail,' 25/. sh. 1.411. pd 14 5,000 A totrala , i 3 491. sh. 4111. pd 71 10,11 ,, i 10 percent. ;:cis, of Ril iiiiiighain 5(1.:'0. 101. pd 13 10,001 19 per rent. Ilicmingliwn R..% ... . 'o l sh. 51 pd 10; 0,000 5 per cent. London 301 Westmitist r... 10411 sh. M. p , . - 1 :31 .3,000 4 per cent. Lanc..3ter ..... .... ........- ...... 1001. sh. '204 pd :.0 2,5,11(10 Liverpool 101 its. 101. pd 13 30,0 0 0 71 per cent Manchester and Liverpool/ :4 , 0i. a.h. IS! pd 19i Discount .. 20,000 7 per ceBt. Manchestev lllO4 sit. 251 pd 27 29013) Pri rov.cial 1i ink of I,lw:ft-HST rh. .251. pd 42 , 29, Ift National Rank of Ireland 5l. sh 1741. pd 15; 1 0,000 S per cent, National Provincial Eng. _lOO/. sh. 3:::. pd 35 10,000 . 6,000 10 per cent. liamplhire . 50/. ill 5/. p 4 9 G'S Luityr Atli c.01(1 , 1 COMPANIES. 2,501 111:s fl.i. Path 9 0/. sh. 1 , 1. pd ',23• 5,000 British 4Ol. sh. 10/. pd 24 ~ (5/.:4erecr.t.: D itt o , ' ; 5 , ,00 t a „ 4 . l 1 1 ,. ~.. i Pr...riiic.al 9 0/. sh. 19 d 21 9`o 51106 Wrrningnam 4.'n , fl 91 Its Bristol 1,50,1 a• IN Brin.,h ton ` , 0 ,- . , 11. 1 I 7r , ) :it l.'s Dttto, New "01. eh. I+,l. pa 11 '2,471 4i per rect. iiii,,..l-ton .linietal 20/ 310 all Tel 17 4,000 41. ('ontint.nta' Co,solidat 9d 1, 1 100 104. City nt I.no,:nt) ...... .....-....' OW. ;h. all pd 19:1 1, 1 3)1 6/, I/I . :to, N - 'w 4,000 1/. los. rquitable ........«..... `ol, i'd : . :01 10,1:0 - , 21 per wit. Imperial , el. sh. ISI 'Son 51. per cent. T i le 'it Tha.tet .. ......... ........251. sh. 201. pd '23 2,350 6/. Per cunt . . ridc;ienecut ' 301. sh. ail pd 49 9,11.3) II iicr e2rit. rheenix .... ....... .... ..... .. ...... 50/. sh. 1211/. pd 24 1,1:')0./ 41. per rent. Ratc111!: ... ........-...... .......... PO/. sh. 80 1. I-1 ..i4 4 , 0 ' 0 ...... ... !' ,, tt s l 7 1, tr , !:0!itar? 5Ol. ch. IS.I. pd 17 8,010 5/, per cent. !"tiit. , :l :general 5O/. eh. 1-61. pd '29: 210 V. pet ' , ln: Warwick- .. 4 0 0 .5/. Iry rent '-lageli al ... ........... -.......... 25/...h. `i24 ' 2,,",b 31. West:: ~ .3:..1. Cbarter,l ...... .... .....501. sh. 43 12s. Ditto 1 ,, ev.. .............«.... 5l/. sh. 111/. p 4 9t &C O Yar.noutli ''l4. A, 19/. pd 3 WATER. NIX ...KS. 4,t4ildi Ikt. Brtriogititn 9 V. sh. :21 pd 211 4,h'4 /7.7 . . l'!as; /.an t iob 5,500 ?.1 10, (1r !!.! .1 Lir.qiotl ....A vera"e 11/ 13s. 4tl. sit. 54 2,000 W. Kent 113)1 sh. 43 372 101. Livcrimal footle 2 7 20/ ;b. 3:8 1,500 2/ Ills NWV litver London Bridge Water Annuities 591 fl tt Al l 11 '54 Mr.oeheote - . And Salford 1,090 4 per cent. South Loi! lon llk^.!. s 5. 87 8,2'4 41, Went ?lititilesex 1 verage 031. l2s. 3d. sh. 9ti 1, 36 0 1/ IU c ork Building Co. Lessee Pr0p.......100:. sh. 35 111,07.4 RAILWAYS. 6,30,0 ...... ... Birmingham and Derby . 9 ,5 4 .1 ... ...... Birmingham and Gloucester 7,5(4 ... ...... Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Junction (71 150.0 Brisc7:4 and xeter ....... ........ 1601. sh. 10 pd 7 tiro Cp;cutta 111,'. Saugur 5O/. sit. 2/. pal CI 7,506 3,000 12,000 ... ...„ Commercial Blackwall 50i. sh. 21. ixl 8,030 Dublin and Kilkenny '' , ol. 311. s 4 pd 14 60 , 0 03 ...... ... Rtztern Counties 25/.11. 5/. pi 4 Grand *lt:vette!) 1770/. sh. !N. p ; IS) .., ...... Great North of England 5,900 Great V, csierit lOOl. sh. 65/, pd 95 2;1.0 114rtlerol Inn!. sh. 1001 p,l !et) 6,600 Mil! and 'elby 50!. sh. 151. pd 12 10,00, , Leeds and Manchester lOW. sh. 5/, pd 1 t 201t0 3/ per cod. Leith and Selby... ..... . 100 sh. 05 1,500 1 / s s, Leicester 'rd Swannington ....501. sh. all pd 751 5,103 20 per cent. laver - j aw)? and Manchester...lo(LO). 1001. pd 115 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares 7.25/. pd 6 I 36,06:, London and Brighto,l 5O/. sh. Pt, pd I'4 12,7`411) London and Blackwell 504 sh 3/ pd 7 20,01 , 0 3 per cent. Londo n .n.) Greenwich .......txv. sk. 20/. pd 12 25,0410 ',onion an , / Birmingham -1001. sh. 9.4. pd 175 Ditto Quarter Shares 31. pd 31 20,00 Landon ditto New.. ... 10: pal 2i/ '7,000 ..- Ditto New Scrip . 3 pm. 12, 0,11 10,090 M , nchettter and lii, in ingharn 7i./. sh. 71. pal i 4/ North Midland 1001. oh. I's/ pd 40,1 . ...... .. Northe , n and Eastern lOO/, sh. sl. pd '7 2,600 ...... ... Preston and Wyre .501. sh. 3"/. pd li6 28,f on i ~ r ,n 10/. per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOO/. sh. 240 9,1100 Tha. , es Haven 501. oh 21. 10s. pd I 1,400 Westminster and Greenwich 501. oh. 21. pd 01 8,009 York and North Midland ...5U . sh. 12/. pd 11/ MINES. 8,0 00 ...... ... ‘; Ibion Copper 5l. s h. 311. pvl 12 4.000 11. :i. Allen 15/. sh. l'2l. lOs pd 12, , 10,000 ........ Anglo Mexican, iss. 5/, pin.... 1001. sh. all pd 3 Ditto Subscription 051. pa 4 2,0(4i 11. Bid:inns 10,000 I!. lOs Brazilian Imp. ~s . 51. pm. 6,0 0 7vlocanhas &C , ;..es United 251. sh. 21. pd 81 11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey . )3/. sh. Pl. pd ';', l 10,0 0 0 Bolivar Copper Company 901. sh. 201. pd 5 4 10,000 Ditto Scrip IC/. sh. 101. pd 3 20,01) British Iron . • 501. sh. 50/ pd 101 6010 British Copper 5/. sh. 41/. pd i I Cata Branca 611. pd 9 Condone* 7il. pd 71 10,000 It Coplapo 2Ol. sh 12.11 pd El 8,500 .. Columbian, iss. W. pm. 2,450 3/. English 12/ 1( s. pd 12 20,000 ... ...... General Vining Assoclation...2o/. sh. 151. pd 8 6,15) Mexican Company 1001. sh. 551/. pd 3 3,000 Pulberoy Consols . ' 101. sh Rl. pd 51 11.500 Real del Monte, Unregistered l4 Ditto Loan Notes l5O/. pd ISO 20.000 . ..... -. United Mexican, iss. '2 pm ....401. sh. all pd 21 Dit , t. Scrip . .. Ditto New Scrip 5l pd :11 West Cork SW. sh. 50/. pd 35 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 1,000 London, with Bronze Ticket 75gs. sh. 2:)1 1,500 ... ...... London University lOO/. sh. all pd 231 70 0 Russell _ 0 5gs. sh. 71 King' College 100/. pd 26 MISCELLANEOUS. 10,000 1 5 1 1. Australian Agricultural....loo/. sh. 2(4/. pd 45 6,000 4/. per cent. British American Land Company 2:3/. pd 12 10,000 61 percent. Canada Com,iany 1001. sh. 281. pd 30; 200,000 51. per cent. Upper Canada Loan 96 City Bonds, 4 per cent l`ol General Steam Navigation ...151. sh. 131. pd 22j li. (s. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, MAY 10. The LORD CeaNc'ELLoR took his seat on the Woolsack at Five o'Clock. MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS. A message from the Commons brought up the reports as to the • reaties with Sweden, France, and the Netherlands, respecting the ex tinction of the slave trade. Mr. BERNAL and others brought up the Fishguard Harbour Bill, and the Oakinghein Small Debts Bill, which were severally read a first time. IRISH POOR LAW. The Marquis of DOWNSHIRE presented several petitions against the Irish Poor Law Bill. EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY. The Earl of ROSEBERY presented petitions from Edinburgh aria Dunfermline, in favour of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway. SLAVERY. The Marquis of SLIGO presented petitions from numerous Dissenting congregations, praying for the immediate abolition of the apprentice ship system. The Bishop of EXETER presented similar petitions. COLONEL SHAW. The Earl of ABERDEEN gave notice that he should, to-mor. row, put a question to the Noble Viscount at the head,of her Ma jesty's Government, respecting a letter that had appeared in the public papers, purporting to be written by the direction of her Ma jesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to Colonel Shaw. POST OFFICE. Lord ASHBURTON presented a petition from the city of Water. ford, praying for a reform of the Post-office. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY, seeing the Noble Lord the Post master-General opposite, wished to ask whether her Majesty's Govern. ment were taking any steps with respect to establishing a communica tion by letter direct from London by Liverpool to Belfast, on the com pletion of the Liverpool railway The Earl of LICHFIELD said he had no intention whatever of proposing for the consideration of the Treasury, that any direct communication between London and Belfast should be established. Any communication of that sort would he attended with an enormous expense—very much more than commensurate with any advantage which the town of Belfast would receive. When the line of rail-road was completed between London atid Liver pool, the letters sent to Belfast via Dublin would be received at Belfast in es convenient a tim as if they were sent in the way that the Noble Marquis wished. REGISTRATION OF VOTES (IRELAND). The Earl of WICKLOW enquired whether it was the intention of the Government to introduce any Treasure for the purpose of remedy. ing a grievance, that had been much complained of, relative to the re gistration of Irish freeholders ? Lord MELBOURNE said it certainly was the intention of the Government to introduce such a Bill. POOR LAWS. The Earl of HAREWOOD presented a petition from several town. ships in the Carbon Union of the West Riding of York, against the repeal of the Gilbert Act, under which that Union was formed. Earl FITZ WILLIAM said it certainly would be a curious anomaly, if these Unions were permitted to form an exception to the general ad. ministration of the Poor.laws. The Earl of RADNOR thought the petition was quite unnecessary, inasmuch as there was no Bill before the House for the purpose of dissol vieg the Union referred to. He wished, however, that Unions of this description were abolished, in orderthat the whole might be placed under the New Poor-law system. The Earl of MALMESBURY thought the new Poor-law Bill had gone a great deal too far. After a few observations from the Duke of RICHMOND, the pe tition was laid on the table. Lord CALEDON presented petitions from the County of Armagh, and other places in Ireland, against the Irish Poor Law Bill. One was from the County of Tyrone, signed by 14,000 persons. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE presented similar petitions from the town and county of Galway, and other places in Ireland. EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY. The Duke of HA MILTON presented two petitions from the city of Glasgow in favor of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill. POST-OFFICE. The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from Swanage, in Dorsetshire, praying for a reduction of postage, and that a fair trial might be given to Mr Rowland Hill's plan. IRISH POOR LAWS. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented a petition signed by the Rector and inhabitants of the town of Athlone in favour of the prin ciple of the Irish Poor-law Bill, but against certain clauses.—Adjourned. .15,000 101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock -- 2,000 IL London Corn. Sale Rooms Av. 751. sh. 19 8,000 ... Caoutchoue Company ' - '5l. sh. 1231. pd 9 500,refl/. ......... National Loan Fund 2/ ss. pd 23 New Brunswick Land Company 431 pd 10 2,751 5/. per cent. Reversionary Interest 50c...1001. sh. 1001. pd 132 2,6T3 5!. per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh. 701. pd 90 4,0.)n Thames Tunnel .50/. sh. all pi 6 10,000 (Is. Van Dic.ner.'s Land 1001. sh. 171. pd 113 LIST OF SCOTTI4H COMPANIES' PRICES, APRIL 28, 1838. BANKS. 7,50000 , 4 (3! p. et. Batli of Scotland 834 Ga. Bd. sh. all pd 1921. 2,000,0114 51 p. ct. Royal of Scotland 1001. sh. all pd J 6114 500.0)(1. Ap. et. British Linen Company 1001. sh. 411 pd 2364 3.000,0 1 X 1 4 6/. p. ct. Commercial .5001. sh. 1001. pd 1804 5 / 1 00,000c ~ . et. Notional lool.sh. 101. pd 1E44 11000,0001. el p. ct. Glasgow Union 2504 sh. 501. pd 76 1 14 000,004 4p. ct. Western of Scotland 2001. sh 301. pd 4 31 . INSURANCE COMPANIES. 250,0005 h 61p. ct. Scottish Union 201. sh. 14 pd 26s 7,500 6,1 p. ct. Hercules 1001. sh. 101. pd A 1318 x. 100,000 sp. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland —.lO/. sh. all pd 815 s 50 ,000 op. ct. North British 2001. sh. 101, pd 16L 1 5 0 00 sp. ct. Caledonian Fire.. 1004 sh. 101. pd 19101 i s '' )°° 6 p. et. Edinburgh Life lOOl. sh. 101. pd 14/10s .0 0 .000 31 p. ct. West of Scotland lOl. pd 71 es MISCELLANEOUS 4,810 ......... Edin.;nd Was. lin. Canal 501. sh. all pd 22/. 9fl. sh. all pd 6,54 Dittm Allocated 5,400 5 trzr cent. Edinh. Joint Stock Water -51. sh. all pd 2 C 1 .7 Carron Iron Company 1" )"i. Bh, an pd 511441 2,0005 h 15 per cant. Sh otts Iron Founncry.... 5Ol. sh 381. pc! 10,000 3 per cont. Edinburgh & Leith Glass ' ,o/. sh. 16/. pc] B '- 4,5110 10 per rant. Edinburgh Coal Ga.• 25/. sh. all pc! 661 4,450 10 per cent. Glasgow Gay - , il. sh. all pd 131 1 750 71 per cent. Leith C oal Gas 001.8 h. all pd 451 .206 ... ...... Edinburgh and Dalkeith RaPway,..sol. eh 354 SAO :. per cont. Equitable Loan Company W. sh. 91. Pd 101. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Mir 10. The Galle;yw;sr.ot opened till nearly half-past Four o'clock, in con sequence of there being ballots for the Gloucester and Norwich Elec. tions. LONDON AND CROYDON RAILWAY. A Message from the Lords stated that their Lordships had agreed to the London and Croydon Railway Bill ;—also to the Wickwar Inclosure Bill with amendments. The Staley Roads Bill was read a third time and passed. Mr. FAZ A KER LY brought up a further Report from the Poor-law Committee. Mr. TENNENT presented two petitions from parishes in the county of Antrim, against the present system of National Education. Sir J. Y. BULLER presented a petition from a pa•ish in Devon, praying that Church property may be devoted only to Church purposes. NEGRO SLAVERY. Sir E. WILMOT presented numerous petitions from various parts of nigland and Ireland, praying for the immediate abolition of Negro apprenticeship. Mr. DENISTOUN presented two petitions from the City of Glas gow, one signed by 65,600, and the other by :33,600 individuals, praying for the immediate abolition of Negro slavery. Mr. ORMSBY GORE had a petition to present from landowners and others connected with the principality of Wales, complain ing of the very great oppression, exaction, and hardship they had experienced from claims made on them within these last few years, which had never been heard of in the Principality before. The petition was very numerously signed. GLOUCESTER ELECTION COMNIITTEE. The following is the I.st of Members electcd to serve on this Committee, who conic to the table and were sworn :—W. Patten, Sir G. Rose, M. Parker, J. Cripps, P. Kirk, J. Power, J. Easthope, P. Miles, the Marquis of Granby, Sir W. Ileathcote, and Mr. Cavendish Mr. Sergeant JACKSON presented petitions from St. John's and St. Paul's, Dublin, complaining of th e non-abolition of slaw ery among negroes. Also petitions from several Pari,hes in Cork against the present system of National Education in Ireland„4.lso petitions from several parts of Ireland, praying that the property of the Church might be applied only to ecclesiastical purposes. Mr. KELLY presented similar petitions from Ipswich. NORWICH ELECTION. Mr CHALMERS appeared' at the bar with the reduced list of the Committee appointed to try the merits of the petition against the return of the Marquis of Douro and the lion. Mr. Sea lett, which consisted of the foflowing names :—Mr. Wrightson, Mr. J. Phillpotts, Lord E. Bruce, Mr. Busfield, Mr. D. Roche, Sir C. Coote, Mr. W. Massey Stanley, Mr. Abel Smith, Mr. Duckworth, the Hon. W. Bagot, and Mr. J. Edwards. NEGRO SLAVERY. Mr. O'CONNELL presented several petitions fur the abolition of Negro apprenticeship. Mr. WOLVERLEY ATTWOOD presented a petition to the same effuct. Mr. BROTHERTON and Sir G. STRICKLAND presented petitions for a shuilir object. Mr. P. THOMSON presented a petition fr-nn certain Professors of Cambridge in favour of the International Copyright Bill. Mr. H. GRATI'AN presented petitions from different parts of Ire land again,t. slavery. Sir G. STAUNTON presented petitions to a similar effect from Dover. Sir IL PEEL presented petitions from York against the alienation of Church property ; from Caine, for the reduction of postage on letters ; and from Tynemouth, for the unconditional emancipation of the Negroes. Sir WM. YOUNG gave notice that on an early day he would move_ that the minutes of evidence taken before the Hul► Election Committee be !aid on the table of the House. Sir J. GRAHAM gave notice that on the 24th of May, he would move for leave to bring in a Bill abolishing Hawick as a polling place fir the county of Roxburgh, and giving the Sheriff power to appoint others instead. THE APPROPRIATION CLAUSES. Sir T. ACLAND gave ' that on Monday next, on the motion that the Speakef do leave the chair, for the purpose of considering the ITish Tithe Resolutions he would move as an amendment that the reso. lution3, of the ith and 6th of April, 1835, be read from the Chair, for the putlose of being rescinded.—(Loud Tory cheers.) THE BUDGET. ' • The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER gave notice that he shou'd postpone his Financial Statement to Friday, 18th May. RAILWAY MAILS. In answer to a question from Lord G. SOMERSET, Mr. LAI3OUCHERE said he had no doubt that in the course of the present S.2ssion the Government would introduce a measure for con vey:rig the correspondence of the country by railways. But he could not state whether that measure would be exactly in accordance with the recommendations of the Committee of which he was Chairman. CONTROVERTED ELECTIONS. Sir R. PEEL said that he now rose for the purpose of fulfilling an assurance that he had made to the House some weeks since, and should conclude the motion he was about to make with asking for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the jurisdiction in respect to Controverted Elections. He did not proceed upon the assumption that the House would necessarily determine its jurisdiction altogether, but he proceeded upon the assump tion that the House would consider a proposition to amend existing defects. He confessed that he approached the subject with great diffidence—he confessed that he was not willing to consent to such changes without its being shown that there was a necessity for them, as it would be impossible to foresee the difficulties that might arise upon the House adopting some other tribunal to that which at present existed—he confessed that he could not devise what the na. ture of the tribunal ought to be—should it be a single Judge, with out a Jury, or a Judge acting with a Jury; should the Judge be completely independent or not ? In his opinion, if a Judge were made entirely independent, and having a summary jurisdiction in the cases of elections without the power of appeal, it would be creating another estate in the country, to exercise powers of the greatest importance. It would be giving a single Judge a most enormous power, and one perhaps that would be attended with bad effects. If they selected that all such cases should be taken before a Jury, he begged to inquire how they were to secure an impartial one? It had been pro posed that Juries should be taken from one part of the country for the purpose of trying Controverted Elections which had taken place in parts distant from them. That might be a very good plan in order to inure the absence of all local prejudice. Supposing they were to bring a jury from Devon in order to try a Controverted Election in Kent, was it ,not just as likely that they would be as deeply embued with political and party feeling as the tribunals which were then corn. plained of ? He certainly did not wish to see the House of Commons denude itself of a power which was exercised by every popular assembly. If justice could not be obtained—if it were impossible that parties could obtain justice from the House—he did not say that they might come to that at last ; but do not let them go before the country and say that in that House it was impossible to obtain justice, in consequence of the great partiality and political bias of the Hon. Members composing it. Their whole influence was founded upon opinion, and to make such an admission as they would do by parting with that power, would tend greatly to the loss of that influence which it was necessary for them to possess, while they had the power of dealing with private as well as public property.—(Bear, hear, hear.) He did believe that by a different mode of selection Gentlemen might be ap pointed ,and would serve upon Election Committees with strict impar tiality. By the new mode of appointment introduced by the Gran ♦ille Act, they had given satisfaction for a considerable time.—(Hear.) Mr. Granville, the author of the Act by which Election Com mittees were now governed, thus drew the character of the administration of justice before those tribunals, when he brought forward that measure. " How often, Sir, when the merits ' of a contested election have been trying within these walls have the benches been almost empty during the whole examination ; but the moment the question approached, how have we seen Mem bers crowd eagerly to their seats, and confidently pronounce upon a subject on which they had not heard a syllable, but in private from the parties themselves. This is not all. We have frequently seen—l blush while I declare it--justice sacrificed to party, and oppression exalted upon the shoulders of a giddy majority, into the sacred chair of legislation." The Right Honourable Baronet proceeded to state that in 1784, at the close of the great struggle between Mr. Pitt and Mr. Fox upon the India Bill, Mr. Fox presented a petition to the House of Commons, connected with the Westminster Election, aad upon that occasion, speaking 14 years after the Granville Act had been passed, he said that all he desired was to he tried by an Election Committee, where he was certain to have justice. But he would advert to more recent times. Up to a recent period Committees on Petitions on Private Bills were a worse than use less ceremony; but according to the highest authority, naniely, that of the Speaker himself, they were now of the greatest benefit. The Right Hon. Baronet proceeded to read the evidence given by the Speaker be fore the Committee or; the subject of Private Bills. There were three great objections to the present system of deciding Election Petitions. In the first place, a practice had grown up of discussing the Petition upon some trivial point—respecting the recog nizance/ for instance—and so the example was set by the House itself ; for the Committee to whom the Petition was afterwards referred saw that the House had decided this trivial point upon party grounds. It would be well, in his opinion, if the House of Commons were altogether to relinquish all preliminaries with re spect to election petitions.—(Hear.) In the inquiry into recognizances, the solvency of the party was all that was to be in?luired into, and any man of sound practical sense was perfectly fitted for the business done by the present complicated system. The enquiry now took place before one of the Clerks of the House and a Master in Chancery. The latter having his judicial duties to attend to during the morning, generally appointed four o'clock for the pun. pose of inquiry, and frequently from ten to fourteen were appointed on the same day—so that parties often complained of not being allowed sufficient time for the inquiry. Surely, then, it would be better to appoint one man under the authority of the Speaker who could devote his whole time to the business, and so be able to fix such hours for the consideration of the matter convenient to all. Not to give an undue advantage to the rich, however, he (Sir R. Peel) should propose that a poor man be at liberty to find securities for three sums of 2501. each, and be required to deposit only the remaining '250/. A great defect of the present system was the entertaining by the House of preliminary questions connected with Controverted Elections. He should propose therefore that the House should lose all control over these points, and that they be committed to the decision of a tribunal apart from the influence of party feeling. It was also a defect of the present system that it very frequently happened that young Mem bers were chosen upon Committees, and compelled to serve, without the aid of the older and more experienced Members. These de fects, it would be his (Sir R. Peel's) object to remedy.—(Cheers.) There was another thing that ought to be noticed. Professional men, who came into Parliament, generally evaded serving on a Committee ; that, he thought, was net right—they ought to serve on Committees. He thought certainty ought to be put in the place of chance, and for that purpose he proposed that the experiment should be for a limited dura. Lion. He proposed that the Speaker should have the power of ap pointing a limited number of individuals to form a general Committee. To that Committee he proposed to entrust the power of nomi nating all other Committees for the trial of Controverted Elections. He did not intend to exclude Members of the Government, but where the service of the Government might be interfered with they might decline to serve Members who had attained the age of sixty—Members petitioned against—aud Members who voted at elections, would be those disqualified to serve. He would propose the election Committees to consist of seven, and discontinue altogether the system of strikes—(Hear, hear)—but he would not take away the power of challenges for good cause; having voted at elections, being peti tioned against, or relationship within certain degrees. He should propose a system of publicity with regard to the proceedings of the Committee, and that the whole of the proceedings should be laid upon the table of the House. He did not mean, of course, where the proceedings ran to a great length that all the mass of evidence should be printed, but every question upon which a division took place should be laid before the House, with the names of the Members and the way in which they had voted. These were the principal features of the Bill, and he did not think it necessary to enter into further details at present. (Hear, and cheers.) He believed the measure would be found to contain the materials for a proper and judicious exercise of the privileges of that House ; and it would, if properly carried into effect, render the exercise of the judicial functions of that House more equitable, ho nourable, and advantageous to all parties. The Right Hon. Baronet concluded amid loud cheers, by moving for leave to bring in his Bill. Mr. O'CONNELL did not rise for the purpose of opposing the in troduction of the Bill, but to express his doubt that it would be produc tive of the advantages which the Right Hon. Baronet had pointed out. It appeared to him that the Right Hon. Baronet had in reality taken the jurisdiction out of that House, and placed it in the hands of a sin gle individual —(Hear.) The Right Hon. Gentleman too, he thought, might have been a little more explicit on the subject of the evils of the present system. When they talked of the House maintaining its cha racter, what was that character but the opinion entertained of it by the public, and it would be idle to talk of bringing in any Bill unless it were known that the public would be satisfied with it. But what did the Right Hon. Gentleman propose to do ? Why, to form a tribunal out of the same materials as before—(Hear)—as if there was anything in such a mode that would make men, acting as they did at present, act otherwise under it.— (Hear.) Let the House consider how many con tradictory decisions on cases of bribery alone there had lately been come to by the Committees under the Grenville Act, which was once so much praised.—(Hear.) Nobody, however, praised that Act now. What had been the case that day ? Did the House observe the number of Hon. Gentlemen opposite that had come down to the ballot on the Gloucester Petition ? With respect to the power given to the Speaker under the Right Hon. Gentleman's plan, he must say that he had seen a Speaker in the chair In that House to whom he would not like to see any such power entrusted—(Cries of "Oh, oh")—nor would Hon. Gentle men opposite, unless their party interests were concerned.—(Laughter ) Why not simplify the franchise? Why not make the register final ? Why not give them vote by ballot ?—(Hear, hear.) Let them have a Committee of five to try all the legal questions. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 11, ic,-3P. Sir ROBERT PEEL—How could you select such a Committee? Mr. O'CONNELL would not give such a Committee any power but that of reporting on the questions submitted to them, and no share in the jurisdiction.—(Hear, hear.) IL; was convinced that nothing in the shape of an Election Committee would do any good without the estab lishment of some judicial system to aid it. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL expressed himself favourable to the proposition of the Right Hon. Baronet, especially as he was of opinion that the jurisdiction, with respect to Election Committees, ought to be retained within the walls of that House.--(ilear, hear.) He would have the greatest objection to fix the labours of Election Committees on Me Judges of the land, although he had the greatest confidence in their integrity and impartiality. Why should not the House retain its juris diction as well as the other 1-louse, which, in matters of appeals from the Courts of Law, proved itself quite efficient ? The questions of this sort which came before the House of Lords were, as they must all admit, con idered in the most pure and impartial manner. He would allow to his Honourable and Learned Friend the Member for Dublin that the present system had fallen into great abuse, and that it was no ussary that some alteration should be made in it. There could be no denying that the present system brought discredit on that House, and that public opinion was strongly adverse to it; but the question they had to determine was, how the evil could be most effectually remedied. His Honourable Friend the Member for Liskeard (Mr. C. Buller) had brought in a Bill for the improvement of the law relating to controverted elections, but, in his opir.ion, the plan of his Hon. Friend would be found in practice to b 2 wholly ineffectual. That plan would leave more to chance than even the present system. The Right Hon Baronet had said that the professional men who were Members of that House escaped from serving on Election Committees. It was quite true that he (the Attorney.Gcneral) had paired off with his Hon. and Learned Friend the Member for Huntingdon; but all he could say was, that if this experiment were tried, he would, at any pe cur.iary saczifice to himself,. be ready to attend on the new Committees, and, as far as he was able, to perform the duty that might devolve upon him. lie was] ersuaded that if the Right Hon Baronet's plan were adopted all party politics would be foregone, and that nothing would be thought of but doing justice between the parties, without considering to which side of the House they belonged—(Hear, hear.) But in say_ ing this, he wished it to be understood that he in nowise pledged him self to its details. The experiment was one which he thought ought to be made, but at the same time he could not help suggesting that after all the best way would be at once to repeal the Grenville Act.—(Hear, hear.) There were two things which were more particularly wanted. They wanted the power of administering oaths and of awarding costs, and if they possessed these powers they would, as far as he could see, require nothing more. Lord MAHON agreed that all parties, whether in or out of that House, must feel deeply obliged to the Right Hon. Baronet for the pains he had bestowed on this subject, and the total absence of any thing like party feeling which he evinced in bringing his proposition for. ward.— (Hear.) This testimony from him (Lord _Mahon) was evidence of the latter fact. Mr. FITZROY KELLY said that it would be impossible to deny that the Bill proposed by the Right Hon. Baronet was calculated to im prove the present system; but while he admitted this, he could not help expressing the disappointment which he felt, that, in the able and lumi nous address of the Right Hon. Gentleman, he did not notice one alto ratien that seemed to be of indispensable advantage to the just constitu. tion of any tribunal they might devise for the trial of controverted elec tion?, and that was the appointment of an assessor, or judge, not to deal with the merits, but merely to expound and explain the law, whenever point s of difficulty arose which involved professional knowledge.—(Bear.) He felt assured, from the long experience he had had in Courts of justice, that without such an officer any tribunal they might form would be im perfect, and, for his own part, he thought the persons selected to preside over Election Committees should be the most eminent the legal profes sion could afford. Mr. BERNAL agreed that the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Tamworth deserved the thanks not only of that House but the country for Lis endeavours to provide a cure for the radical defects of the pre sent system of conducting the business of Election Committees. He was surprised at the arguments which had been used in favour of the appointment of assessors, and the reference, in support of that propo sition, which had been made to the manner in which the judicia functions of the House of Lords were performed. It was proposed that one Learned Cadi should preside at each of the new Committees ; but it seemed to have been wholly forgotten in drawing the analogy that the House of Lords were not assisted by one Learned Cadi, but by the twelve Judges. He thought that fact made all the difference, and was conclusive against the argument. At best, all that could be done was to speculate on contingencies and clauses, but his fear was that the measure proposed by the Right Hon. Gentleman would not answer the purposes intended to be effected by it. He believed the evils to be of such a nature that there was no escaping from them, for they should recollect whets they complained of the partiality of the present tribunals that there never was a time in the history of Parliament when parties were so equally balanced as at the present moment.—(Hear, hear.) If they wished todo anything effectual for checking bribery and corruption, he was persuaded they must reform the statute-book and make their enact ments so stringent and intelligible that they could neither be evaded nor misunderstood. The registry, too, must be made final for other wise no advantage woul d be g ained, take what step they might to cor rect abuse. Colonel DAVIES regretted that the Right Hon. Baronet had not been able to bring forward a more satisfactory measure. TI ..e could not give it his approval. Mr. S. LEFEVRE was bou nd to say that in the principle of th e mea sure he fully concurred. The g reat objection of the present syst em wa s that it brought only partis ans down for the ballot ; a nd, if that evil w effected. were shaken off, he was con vinced that all that w as desired would be The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the Right Hon. Baronet had one consolation, and that was, that he had intro. duced a Bill respecting which, although the subject was a difficult one, there could be no difference of opinion on the part of the House. He opportunity, and could not help thinking that the plan of the Right Hon. Baronet was not cnly a good one, in reference to the existing stateooffittheonlaw,:.,hbicuht with respect to its own merits.—(lleac, hear.) While he said this he to of wishedEngland— he wu idt wisht be n r cl e e s r e fi r t v o e o d h itsh opinion there having aio%,ninfgomr. assessor s t e b points s e fsuotuorre joupfgoe one of them was the propriety That was a matter which he was anxious to leave open for discussion. —(Hear, hear.) j -le should, he confessed, never be a party to removing from the House of Commons the jurisdiction which belonged to it, inasmuch as past history convinced him that the preservation of that principle was it could not be transferred without endangering the essential uieai)— t t o ha t t he existence of the liberties of the people principles on which the representative system was based.—(Hear.) After all, he suspected that it was a want of information that lay at the bottom of all the evils complained of. He did not think that the obligation of an oath would raise the tribunal materially, but still he would not deny that the mode of applying it would make all the difference With respect to the appointment of assessors, he was of the opinion that such parties were necessary to preside over Election Com mittees for the purpose of explaining the law, and he had always thought that it was a great mistake even to have excluded nominees from these tribunals. In concluding, the Right Hon. Gentleman must express his hope that Hon. Gentlemen would lay aside all trifling objections, and apply their minds to improve the present Bill, taking it as the basis of any change that might be made. Mr. V. SMITH rose for the purpose of asking the Right Honourable Baronet as to the possibility of bringing in his Bill at this advanced period of the session with any reasonable prospect that the Bill might pats during the present session ? Ile thought it highly desirable that th question should be settled during the present session, as he feared it would not meet so much attention in any other session as in the session immediately succeeding a general election. Sir ROBERT PEEL held is his hand the'result of his labours in the shape of a Bill, which was already printed. He intended to lay this Bill on the table of the House in the course of a few days, and hoped to be able tq take the second re :ding on an early day, He wished as soon as possible to take the sense of the House upon the question, whe ther the jurisdiction over Elections should be left in the House or not. Dr. LUSHINGTON thought that very great inconvenience would arise from establishing a tribunal entirely above the controul of the House. With respect to the proposition submitted to the HoriSe by the Right Honourable Baronet, he entirely acceded to the arguments by which that proposition was supported. He thought the responsibility of the oath would be greatly increased by the manner in which the Right Honourable Baronet proposed that it should be taken, and by the manlier in which he proposed to select the members of those Committees. Making all allowance for the frailty of human nature, he thought this would be as good a tribunal as it would be possible to constitute. But it should be recollected, that, in the present state of election law, some thing more than diligence and integrity were requisite on the part of those who had to decide questions of this nature. He thought it highly desirable that this tribunal should be able to decide questions of law that might be raised. He would propose that two persons qualified in this way should be appointed to assist the Committee. He would give them no vote; but he would require them to state their opinions and decisions on the questions before them publicly, if the grounds on those decisions were clear and satisfactory, and that if the majority of the Committee acted in contradiction to them, he believed that they could only do so at the certain risk of giving great offence to public opinion. He would wish that the controul should be left in the House, not for the purpose of governing the decisions of these Committees, but in order that, from time to time, they might be enabled to apply a remedy to any defects that might arise, and which experience would enable them to correct. He regretted that the proposition of his Noble Friend, the Member fur North Lancashire, with respect to the simplifications of election law, hadbeen withdrawn. He thought that the Government might, with very good effect, bring forward a plan for the abolition of those con tested points which they saw raised every day before Committees, and the decisions respecting which were of the most conflicting kind. He recollected that thirty years ago he was petitioned against, and for his sins before and since he was placed on his trial for fourteen days. At that time he had examined with the acuteness of a lawyer several of the points that he thought likely to arise, and looked into the authorities and cases respecting them, and he found that whilst there were fourteen de ' risions at one side there were nine decisions at the other side, and in direct opposition to the others.—( A laugh.) He thought great advan tage would arise from settling these disputed points. Lord HO WICK said that his object in rising was to urge upon the Right Hon. Baronet the importance of considering once more the ex. treme inconvenience that was likely to result from omitting that part of the measure which had been recommended by the Select Committee which sat two years ago, with respect to the appointment of assessors. He believed that if three competent assessors were to preside over election conr . imittees, and as a Court of appeal from the Revising Barris ters, they would, in the course of a few years, have the means of reno. eating altogether many of those questions which at present gave rise to election petitions. He must admit the great practical difficulty that stood in the way of the appointment of those assessors. Now it seemed to him (Lord Howick) that the Committee which the Right Hon. Baro net proposed to appoint might safely be intrusted with the duty of making the appointment of these officers, and though there was great objection that the power of appointing those assessors should rest either with the Government or in the House, yet he saw HO objection to leaving it to the general Committee which the Right Hon. Bart. proposed to appoint. There was another point in which he entirely concurred with the Right Hon. Bart. He admitted that it was a great fault in the Bill of the Hon. Member for Liskeard that it proposed to continue the practice of balloting in the House, and the temptation to create a large attendance, with all the party excitement with which it was generally accompanied. But he would ask the Right Hon. Baronet to pause before he de cided on throwing upon the Committee the difficult duty of naming the individuals who were to constitute an election tribunal. The Noble Lord here proceeded to point out the inconvenience that would arise from imposing on the General Committee the duty of naming Members to serve on Committees to try election petitions. He thought that no ballot should take place in the House, but that a ballot should take place by the General Committees in private, and that they should have a supplementary list sealed up, that in case of objections which the Right Hon. Baronet proposed to allow, the first list was reduced, they should be enabled to supply the deficiency from the supplementary list. He trusted the Bill would prove a great benefit, and they shottld be desirous to make it as perfect as possible.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. S. O'BRIEN had a plan to propose, which, in his humble judg. merit, would be more effectual in procuring the object all had in view, than that proposed by the Right Hon. Baronet. The question was, what scheme could be devised to set the House right with the public ; and he thought it was the duty of every Member, however humble might be his clam on the attention of tht House, to put forward such suggestions as might occur to him in promoting the general object.— (Hear.) He would not now enter into details, but he thought he would be able to show that the plan he would have the honour of submitting would possess the principal requisite to secure impartiality and competency in the judges of election petitions. He hoped that It would Meta make the mode of trial cheaper than that they now pos. ceased, and other requisites which were essential to such a tribunal. He wuulf not further detain the House, but at the proper time would enter fully into the details of the plan he meant to propose. Mr. GOULBURN concurred for the most part in the general opinion that seemed to prevail that the motion made by his Right Hon. Friend was well worthy the attention of the House.—(Hear.) He did not think that any tribunal could be better than that proposed by his Right Hon. Friend. He thought, as to the question of assessors, if the Committees were appointed as suggested by his Right Hon. Friend, that it would be extremely difficult to give the assessor his necessary authority—the au thority which it Was not only desirable, but indispensable he should have. There was one point suggested by his Right Hon. Friend in which he entirely concurred, and that was the extreme difficulty there would be in securing the attendance of Members who might be nominated on Committees of this sort. He thought that in the progress of the Bill through its future stages some plan might be hit on to obviate this. Mr. ELLIOT thought that if, in the first instance, Committees o f seven were appointed, and that previous to the ballot or selection of •committees for the trial of election petitions these Committees of seven .sere reduced to the rcquisil e number, a means would be afforded of as. recta ning who were absent from town, and from those who remained Committees t ould be prepared. By this means he thought the principal objection—that of keeping the entire House in attendance—would be completely obviated. Mr. HUME would endeavour to direct the attention of the House to what, in his opinion, would be the only efficient mode of lessening the difficulty and inconvenience of which they all complained. That mode would be to bring in a good Registration Bill.—(Hear, hear.) There was nothing which, in his opinion, was so great a disgrace to legisletion as the present mode of registration; and he felt quite satisfied that if the Right Hon. Baronet had taken half the trouble with it that he was taking with the mode of trying election petitions he would effect his object completely. He would only further say that if the House stood condemned with the public for partial decisions the Registration Courts were doubly condemned for their inefficiency. An HON MEMBER said as the great complaint against the present tribunals was for partiality, the better way would be to' appoint Com mittees at the commencement of the session before any election petitions were presented. It would then be quite impossible to suspect them of rtiality. Sir It. PEEL said—The question of registration is one perfectly dis tinct from that which we are now discussing. I admit that nothing is more important than that the registration should be simplified an.i reformed ; and when I say it is distinct, I do not mean to say that in connection with the measure I shall have the honour to propose, its formation would not greatly facilitate the efficient working of Election Committees. But I mean to say that the defective state of the registra. Lion is no reason why we should not endeavour to improve the tribunal for the trial of election petitions. It would be extremely desirable to send all great questions', such as opening the registry unembarrassed to the Election Committees. Another question, that of the true meaning of the distance of seven miles, requires definition. I would wish, also, for some effective Court of Appeal from the decision of the Registering Barrister, which would, once for all, settle the law on this subject. It has been suggested that three of cur Judges would afford an effective tri bunal, but I am most unwilling to mix up our Judges in these matters. I know that the Judges in Scotland rejoice heartily that the effect of the Reform Bill has been to free them from jurisdiction in election matters, as they found it most difficult to decide on the rights of freeholders without incurring the imputation of partiality. For this reason I should deprecate the interference of the Judges in political matters.— (Hear.) With respect to the Speaker, whose mein object must be to consult the good of all, I could not for a moment admit the possibility Of his sacrificing the high and important character of his office to the paltry interests of party.---(Hear.) It would be an insult to human nature to suppose that any advantage could counterbalance the loss of his character for impartiality, or the diminution of that influence which is indispensable to the execution of his duties.—(Hear.) With respect to the General Committees, of which an Hon. Gentleman seems to think that forty would be necessary, I should propose to have no more than four, or at roost six. The Noble Lord opposite had mentioned one great difficulty, namely, the invidious nature of the duties which these General Committees will have to perform, such as exacting the atten dance of Members. But this will only apply to one Session—that im. mediately following a general election, because in every Session it will be known what petitions are to be presented. But I must say I do not thick the duty of exacting attendance should be considered invidious. Now, with respect to the appointment of assessors, it is an addition which might easily be drafted on any plan, as there is nothing in it ini mical to the principle. Should the House think it desirable to appoint a tribunal of appeal from the decisions of the Registering Barrister, that tribunal would readily furnish the assessors.—(Hear.) But still there would be a great difficulty in the way of such an appointment. The assessors ought to be completely independent—they should also be limited in number. If you appoint deputy assessors, their authority will not be respected. With respect to permanent assessors, I would say, that if those officers held their situations for life, the time may come when they will be—l will not say unfit for business, but from age and infirmity inefficient. You must then make same provision for their retirement, as nothing would be more inconvenient than to be saddled with a permanent appointment of parties who did not maintain their legal thiswel a e r e dt moving. oaonufso plan r a abilities. — (Hear, hear.) If you make them independent, and re movable only for misconduct, and do not make some provision for ago or infirmity, I am much afraid you would find yourselves saddled with three old assessors, in whose decision much confidence would not be placed. If my plan should be adopted, I expect, when once the present excitement has passed away, a new feeling will arise, and that persons will approach these tribunals in a much different spirit to that at present exhibited. Then I propose that professional men of the highest eminence shall be required to give their assistance. What, then, would be the case of the assessor ?—(Hear, hear.) Suppose the Attorney-General should be on one of these Committees, and my Right Bon. Friend the Member for Exeter on another, I am very much afraid that the assessor would soon manifest inferiority—that his character for legal knowledge would soon become damaged. However independent he might be as a Judge and permanent Officer of the House—although he might discharge his duty with the greatest integrity—still I am afraid that his moral weight would be ruined by the superiority of the legal members of the Committee. The Noble Lord must bear in mind that by the Bill the character of the Committees would be entirely principle of the assessors. I only wish the Honourable Mem changed. At the same time, I must say that I have no objection Dublin would give me the advantages he possesses over I wish he would bring in his Bill. It is very well to say that hitnoeer.t the e" petitions. Nothing is more easy that to find fault with the interest of the House requires a new tribunal for the trial of ofh Select is Committee I hop t e o that ascertain Honourable teth e Members,iti expedient instead th a o t f the details of any measure which may be brought in ; but I will not be r s lieve that any man is a sincere effectual improver unless he brings for ward should be deprived of its powers to legislate on its own affairs when some osmtemponfosrwhaarsdbaencdomsea time is come, to decide on its own affairs.—(Hear, hear.) I not only hope that the principle will be broached, but that a particular plan in furtherance of it will be laid before the House, because, really, we can make no advance say the --(Hear, heairn)-18I3h8o,pe without some specific plan.—(Hear, hear.) Tell us if we are to have a Judge and Jury, but do not refer us to a Select Committee. You may seek-to increase your popularity by admitting your incapacity to ma nage your own affairs, or rather your want of integrity—it is not my business to defend the House as it is at present constituted—(A laugh) but this much I will say, that I shall always be found ready to assert its privileges. Leave was then given to bring in the Bill, and Sir Robert Peel and Mr. Goulburn appointed to bring it in. FOREIGN SLAVERY. Sir ROBERT INGLIS rose to move an address to her Majesty on the subject of Foreign Slavery. Three years ago was the last opportunity the House had of expressing au opinion on this subject. Since that he had obtained much information, and the subject had so grown upon him I that, finding no other Member willing to take it up, he could not avoid urging on the House the necessity of this motion. It was now thirty I years since Parliament, joined by the universal voice of the country, proclaimed the abolition of slavery. He never could recal that glo rioue time without also recalling a name which was now imperishably united with it, because, although the Administrations of Mr. Fox and Lord Grenville had the privilege of carrying the legis lative measure, the House anti the country could never forget that it was through the untiring energy of Mr. Wilberforce this peat measure was brought to perfection.—(Hear, hear, hear.) What he now proposed was not abolition—the country had already freed herself from the fotll stain of slavery—but the prevention of it amongst our allies. It appeared from the best information that not less than one hundred thousand victims were annually landed in the western islands. In the course of thirty-nine years on one coast alone there were landed 1,500,000 negro slaves, being an average of nearly 43,000 per annum. Then, when the horrors of conveyance were added, the amount of human suffering was inconceivable.. The mortality which took place in consequence of this illicit trading was such as, if carried out, was calculated to be sufficient in a very short time to depopulate the whole globe. On one occasion, when a person engaged in this trade, was asked how many he expected to have alive at the end of the voyage, he answered, one half.—(Hear, hear.) And another instance, where the number of slave passengers were 335, there occurred 106 deaths in fifty days. The mortality, however, was but a small part of the evil, for death was a happy release from the terrible endurances. He would refer to the well-known work of Dr. Walsh, entitled " Notices of the Brazils," to show the horrors which the contraband trade en tailed upon this traffic. The Honourable Baronet had read a de scription of a vessel which had been boarded by Captain Arabin, con taining 336 male and 226 female slaves. These unhappy beings were all enclosed under hatches in a space so confined that they were corn. !Tiled to sit between each other's legs, and even in that position were so closely packed together that they could neither lie down, nor otherwise change their position. They were the property of different owners, and for the purpose of recognition they were branded like sheep, under the breasts, and on the arms with red hot irons. —(Hear, hear.) When the officers of the English vessels boarded, the slaves, seeing them looking down with sympathy, shouted, and clapped hands, and in a few Portuguese words they had teamed called out a welcome, and when the ' English officers shook hands with them they could not contain their ' delight. On examining the papers of the ship, it was found that the slaves were taken, not north, but south of the Line, and thus after nine hours of hope, the .design of liberating them was of necessity qbandoned. The papers were obliged to be restored, and the last sound which the English party heard were the shrieks of these unhappy wretches, suffer ing, perhaps, under the lash for the sympathy which they had created. — (Hear, hear.) There was another more recent case in Mr. Rankin's " Narrative of a visit to Sierra Leone in the autumn of 1833." A vessel containing 430 negroes was captured by one of her Majesty's brigs, the Snake, and taken to Rio ; but as her Brazilian character could not be made out, she tvas suffered to put to sea again —had again to ceoes the Atlentic—end these miserable creatures, in consequence of the sufferings which they thus endured, were reduced from 430 to 335. He admitted, while stating these cases, that there Was no want of acti. vity on the part of the Noble Lord opposite(Lord Palmerston); but the mo ment that the Abolition Bill passed, and it was ratified by the Congresses of Vienna and Verona, more should have been done effectually to repress the greatest crime of which man could be guilty towards man. In Spain the evil of the contraband system continued to a frightful extent.. He would allude to one most horrible case. A certain vessel took 28 negroes on board on the coast of Congo. It came from thence to Cadiz, and took in passengers for Havannah. These passengers, on their voyage, saw a quantity of very coarse food, and experienced a most disagreeable odour. On seeking for the cause it was ascertained that the 28 'ziegroes had been confined in the hold during the entire voy age. Such was the result of our endeavours to suppress the slave trade. They had increased rather than alleviated the evil by engendering the contraband system.— (Hear.) In another instance it was found that five young negroes had been shut up in one water cask.—(Hear, hear.) The trade also was carried on in Portugal, and there was reason to believe that four or five vessels had been recently fitted out at Lisbon, yet no proceeding had been taken against the suspeCted—perhaps the guilty—parties.—(Hear, hear.) The only ground upon which Portugal could claim a continuance of the trade was that of its transatlantic possessions, and with the loss of these that claim must also cease.—(Hear, hear, hear,) In the Brazils which was said to he a manufacturing country and requited slaves, when a despatch was sent by the Noble Lord opposite (Lord Palmetston) calling upon them to act as they were bound to act by treaty, there Waf at once a cry of dictation rrised. He had received a letter from a gentleman at Rio, in which it was stated that the number of vessels at present em ployed in the trade was considerably greater than when the traffic was a legal one, and that if it continued all the blacks in Africa would shortly be imported into the Brazils.—(Hear, hear, hear.) He would certainly make allowances for some powers, more epe cially when he recollected how it was that we ourselves were en g iged in the disgraceful traffic, and even claimed the exclusive privilege of furnishing Spain ; but he could not make any such allowance for Portugal, which had already received the stipulated re muneration for abandoning the traffic. It was not much to be won dered at by those who were aware of the natural cupidity of mankind, that a trade so lucrative should be persevered in, the original, cost was so small and the produce so great. A slave might be purckased in Africa for 255., and afterwards sold for 450 dollars. Thus it would be seen how great was the inducement held out for pursuit of this traffic. The influence of this country should not be exerted on the question whether Don Carlos should or should not govern in Spain, or Miguel in Portugal. It should be reserved for the higher and holier purpose of humanity, and not prove inoperative for the prevention of a most inhu man crime. —(Hear, hear.) He would not ask the House to take ad vantage of the distracted condition of Spain or Portugal if it were only for the purpose of deriving some advantage to this country; but for the cause of common humanity, for the honour of human nature, he would beseech of the House to insist upon those countries fulfilling their en gagements. He trusted that the House would pronounce this traffic to be piracy, and nothing less—that they would pronounce it to be whole sale robbery and murder. The matter should be taken up by Govern ment, not by the House. He would therefore move an Address to the Throne, praying that such papers might be communicated to the House as would show in what state the negotiations were with Foreign Powers on the subject of the slave trade. Mr. IRVING seconded the motion. It appeared from authentic documents that the foreign slave trade, so far from decaeasing, Was actually of the increase. In 1709 the number of slaves captured (as we understood the Hon. Member) was only 9,000, whilst in 1832 the number amounted to 200,000. This was a pregnant proof of the rapid increase of this abominable traffic. It appeared that though though this country had paid some millions to secure the abolition of this trade, yet good faith had not been kept by those who (as we un_ derstood the Hon. Member) had received this money, There was one feature in the slave trade to which he was desirous to call atten tion, and that was, the great mortality that occurred on board these slave ships whilst bringing their cargoes from the place of capture to Sierra Leone. The average length of the passage was forty days. Now, to take an instance of a ship that was captured with 576 slaves on board, and though the vessel had a favourable voyage, she landed only 452, no less than 124 having died under the most distressing circumstances. He did not think that Spain had done all that was to be expected of her in putting an end to this traffic. It appeared that treaties were little less than useless in Putting a stop to the foreign slave trade. The Honourable Member here referred to some documents to show the extent to which the slave trade on the part of Foreign Powers had increased. With respect to America he had reason to believe that the slave trade was still mule.' on to a considerable extent under her colours. There was also another way in which the flag of that country was made auxiliary to the traffic. Small craft were fitted out from the posts of the United States with equipments and stores, for the Portuguese slavers, and these beat about the coast for the purpose of supplying them when necessary. The Noble Lord (Palmerston) should look to these things. Few were aware of the immense sacrifices made by this country to suppress the slave trade. Sir H. VERNEY said the traffic was still carried on to an unex ampled extent with Brazil; for, according to the statement of a Brazilian merchant, made to him in a letter received the day pre viously, there were no fewer than seventeen slave ships, fully laden, entered for clearing in the port of Rio Janiero in the last month of 1837. These things should not be allowed to pass unno ticed, neither should the present opportunity be suffered to elapse with out a further effort to suppress the diabolical traffic. The annexation of Texas to the United States of North America would be a death-blow to the abolition of slavery, if some strong measures were not taken to neu tralise the evil consequences certain to accrue trom it to the hapless ne groes. It was a singalar fact, and one which he hoped the Govern ment would be able to explain, that those States over which England exercised most influence were those which were most active in the traffic. Captain PECHELL rejoiced to be able to give the meed of his ap probation to the motion of the Hon. Baronet the Member for the University of Oxford, and he only wished that the Noble Lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs had displayed such dili gence in getting up the papers connected with the fisheries of this country as he had in the documents made use of by the Hon. Baronet.—(Laughter.) The Hon. Baronet, however, was not quite at home on the subject of slavery, coining, as he did, from Oxford— (Laughter)—he would have been more so on pluralities, or other ecclesiastical matters —(A laugh)—therefore, he had understated the atrocities of the hideous traffic they were all there to condemn. Yet, notwithstanding he had done so, his observations would have more weight with the country than all the steam-power of high-pressure ora rory of a Noble Lord in another place.—(Laughter, and cries of "Order.") He (Captain Pechell) was glad, however, that the Hon. Baronet had cleared the character of the naval officers on the African station from the imputations cast upon them elsewhere.—(Order.) It was quite impossible that the Noble Lord's (Palmerston's) exertions could ever be brought to a successful issue unless the spirit of the ad dress moved by the Honourable Baronet, was carried into the fullest effect. Dr. LUSHINGTON returned his thanks to the Hon. Baronet who brought forward the motion, and declared his opinion that the evil was still greater than he had represented it. There were 72,000 slaves brought into Brazil, a similar number into Cuba, and 104,000 besides into Texas, Guadaloupe, Bourbon, &c. He was shocked to be obliged to state that the evils arising from the mere construction of the slave vessels were frightful in the extreme. The greatest height he was able to hear of between decks was three feet, and the least was not two, as he was informed by the Governor of Geenada—(Hear, into which island a captured slaver was brought. When it was consi tiered that the slaves were never once removed during the frequently long voyages they were obliged to make, the misery and mortality must be extreme; at least 100,000 must be destroyed for every 100,000 landed as slaves. He felt that it was still necessary to obtain not only a right of search, but a power to punish the masters and crews of cap_ tured slave vessels, whose state of fitting-up could not be mistaken. He complained of the cold.blooded manner:in which the American Presi. dent spoke of the annexation of Texas, but trusted that the rising spirit of the Abolitionists justice would compel him to a tt en d to the consi derations of humanity and incumbent on Christian States to en tertain.—(Hear.) Admiral ADAM quite agreed with his Learned Friend, and urged the accomplishment' of a treaty with Portugal similar to that of Spain. Lord PALMERSTON declared his admiration of the good taste and judgment with which the Right Hon. Baronet had brought forward his motion. He had stated, truly, that England had exerted herself nobly and successfully to put down that traffic abroad as well as at home, and he (Lord Palmerston) lamented to say that he had added correctly that, notwithstanding all her efforts, the greatest cruelties still prevailed.— (Hear, hear.) He must concur in the assertion, for he knew by the pa pers which had come before him, in the course of his official duties, that the cruelties and horrors of the slave trade were greater now than at any other former period.— (Hear, hear) He had been told by offi cers that when the slaves had been dragged forth from the narrow space between decks they had not been able to stand some had never recovered their confinement. It was - well known that many were thrown over during a chase, not mercifully with weights, but in casks as if to prolong their tortures to the greatest degree. Fortu nately the extent of the trade had been considerably diminished by the previous efforts of England, so that the amount of misery was not so great as it otherwise would have been. Humboldt had stated that there were five millions of slaves in America, and it was only fair to assume that there would have been several more, if England had not taken the steps she did. She had already secured treaties from all the nations in Europe that had participated in it, and satisfactory as. surances from all the others of their best co-operation to extinguish it The Congress of Vienna had led the way by its declaration. Sweden land the Netherlands had consented to the appointment of a mixad commission, and England had subsequently completed all that could be desired, by the equipment and breaking-up articles. Some difficulty had been felt in establishing a right of search in the case of France, on account of the jealousy kindled and subsisting dur ing so long a period of previous warfare; but all was happily re moved by an arrangement conceding a mutual right of search, by virtue of a warrant from th e Admirals o f M ar i ne of the respective opposite nations of France to the ships of England, and of England ves to those Of France, empowering them to search. So that Etigisi , sole acted as corotables on the seas for the Admiral of France, arid .: ence verse. By adopting !Ida excellent arrangement, slavery under tb French flag had entirely disappeared. The French East I ndia Is Witte ceased to become receptacles, and he was happy to say tha t the Frenctr Gove.nment had acted on it throughout with perfect good faith. We then proposed to the other nations of Europe to make a co nvention, acted agreeing that offenders should be handed over to the tribunals of their a respective nations This had been accepted by Au stria, Russia, an Prussia ; but the plan had not been yet carried ir.to execution, on ac count of a proposition which we had made to France for the accom plishment of a mots perfect plan, and to which the answer had not yet arrived. There only remained the States of Greece, Be l ' glum, and Hanover, which he had no doubt would willingly unite in similar measures, which were rendered necessary, not by the practices of their own subjects, but by those of other nations, who, driven from their own fla,;S, soughtrefuge under that of a stranger. The case then stood thus :—With Spain, Sweden and the Netherlands, the Mixed Com mission and the right of search (except in that part of the Atlantic bordering on Europe) was so full that we could not Ask. more. Spain in particular had moat handsomely granted every thing w e asked. Spain had acted in good faith as far as the Government of that country went, but not so many of its agents, employed to carry the wi,lies of the Government into effecT, The Government of Portugal, lie was sorry to say, permitted the flag of that country to be used aS cover for carrying on the slave trade stilt. In the Brazils, and in the United States of America also, there was not that disposition to put:. down that abominable traffic which France had shown. But the' great offender was Portugal ; and no feelings favourable to that country could induce him to speak otherwise than in reprebWe demand e conduct of its Government as to this disgraceful traffic , from Portugal the same power that Sdain has granted, to seiZ e any ships. under his flag, either .north or south of the Line ; but this Por tugal has refused, although we lied a right to demand it of her, under a treaty ; and the time might conic when this country might be driven II " apply to Parliament for power to act for itself under this state of thingS- He hoped, however, that the Government of Portugal would, ere longs sea the necessity of acting as the other Powers of Europe had in putting down this detestable traffic. With respect to Sierra Let l i e. and Fernando Po, he believed the Africans had lately a P Pliemj themselves to industry, and had relaxed very much in tfr : practice of the slave trade, mainly owing to the settle ments Sierra Leone and Fernando Po. He denied that there was any truth in the charge made against officers of the British Navy, that they connived at the slave trade for the purpose of obtaining head-money. But it must be admitted that those officers ought to be rewarded for the great dangers then encountered, and that the best mode of reward wa s by head money. Ile feared that when this horrid piracy was driven from every other flag, it would find protection under the flag of the Uni ted , States ; but he hoped the Government of that country would in the end join all others under treaty to stop the abominable traffic. He agree , . that the address of the Hon. Baronet was the best mode that could be adopted to suppress the trade. In this address he fully concurred, an he hoped the unanimous expression of the opinion of the House of CoM mons would go forth to the country in denunciation of the slave trade. and that the address of the Hon. Baronet, so creditable to himself, would'. show the strong desire of this country to put down the traffic. Sir S. CANNING said that, although he listened with great pleasur e to the speech of the Noble Lord, he did not agree with him i n all that he had said 3 but he fully concurred in the senthnents of his Lo rdship ss to the conduct of Portugal with reference to this trade ; and he hoped Portugal herself would soon see the necessity of joining in the suppres sion of the trade. With respect to Spain, he could not help r eminding the Noble Lord that it was to the Government of Spain, and not to its Legislature, that we had to look for redress upon this subje ct. trusted the conduct of France and Spain would be followed by a n "I; minor States; but he regretted that he had no such hope as respecte" the Government of the United States, for reasons which had come under his observation on a former occasion. He hoped, however, the pres ent discussion would not be without advantage to the cause of humanity on this important question. Sir I'. ACLAND gladly joined in the congratulations of his ne:i Friend upon this subject as to the feelings of the House; and h e trust the onegreat offender—Portugal—would, after this motion, see tbe de termination of this country cordially to support the Government to O' press this abominable traffic. After a few words from Mr. PEASE and Sir R. INGLIS, the q nels.. lion was put by the Speaker and carried nem. con. FREEMEN'S ADMISSION BILL. Mr. WILLIAMS moved the second reading of this Bill. Mr. THOR NELY objected to pressing the second reading of the Bill at so late an hour. If the Hon. Member persevered in his motion he should oppose it, and would move that the Bill be read a secon d time this day. After a short conversation the gallery was cleared fora division ; bu on our re-admission we found that no division had taken place, and 0 4 ' the second reading was postponed to this day. On proceeding to the next Order of the Day, an Hon. Member moved.. that the House be counted, and there not being forty Memb ers p resent the House adjourned at Half-past One o'Clock. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, MAT 10: TURNER V. TURNER. which The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment to-day in this case, came before the Court upon appeal from the decision of hi s Honour' the, Vice-Chancellor. The testator in the cause, Mr. Turner, had, by will, given to the defendant a sum of 5001., and the bill wa s filed by °lle of his relations for the purpose of having that gift set aside, on the grotind that the testator, at the time of making the gift , was ineom" potent to do so on account of his mental faculties being impaired. Up the case coming before the Vice_Chancellor, his Honour was of opinion that the testator was of perfectly sane mind, and decreed the gift t° be valid, and from that decision the present appeal was brou',,l'L 0.,.. „ Lordship considered the judgment of the Vice_Chancellor perfectly rect, and ordered it to be affirmed, with costs. BODDINGTON V. WOODLET. This case came before thc Court also on appeal from the decision or the Vice_Chancellor, refusing to grant a receiver and consignee uP °ri ,• plantations in the Wst Ines. The i LORD CHANCELLOR e di , without calling upon the appellant's Counsel to reply, gave judgment, reversing the decision of the Court below. ADMIRALTY COURT, DUBLIN; 31-4 r JUDGMENT. LAURENCE TALLON AND THE OWNERS OP THE HERALD BTEAMSR , V. THE BARQUE ALEXANDER ROBERTSON. The Learned `Junta; said, this is an action brought by Laurence Talton, as master, and by the owners of the steamer the Herald, of Dublin, against the barque Alexander Robertson, for salvage. The Alexander Robertson was arrested for this cause of action in the bar hour of Kingstown, under the usual process cf this Court, on 200 February last. Upon the filing of the libel a tender of 5001. was regu•- larly made. The impugnant's vessel, the Alexander Robertson, is g barque of the burden of SOO tons, and belongs to the port of London' she is commanded by Leonard Whiteley, and was bound from Li ve !: pool, where she completed her cargo, for the port of Alexancl.tettO, 5e the Levant, I believe a port in Syria, and not far from Aleppo• cargo is valued at 25,000/. The Herald is a powerful steamer, longing to a highly respectable and public-spirited Company in tie: city, the St. George Steam Packet Company. The Learned Judg„, r.. ,'' after going through the /acts of the case at considerable length/ au. verted to the only three cases in which a question of salvage was dete, ,, mined where the salving vessels were steamers, and considered the ea', of the Duchess of Kent to be very similar to the one before him, althottAg; with the Duchess of Kent a greater service had been performed• d , to the case of the Calcutta, it had never been judicially decided, an__: wearied with the litigation, a compromise was effected. Bu t the 61-101.: then paid was to be considered as no criterion, and he feare d the Prn, movants had been misled by considering what amount the Lie fen tla rti. chose to give in that case. In his opinion the tender of 5001. 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